A/N~ Sorry I haven't updated for a while, I've been dogged down by work and
stuff. Anyway, here's the next chapter.
Chapter 11~ The Note
Hertside Road was a very peaceful and tranquil neck of the woods and at the moment everyone was inside their houses on the estate watching the afternoon football. So peaceful perhaps, that someone looking out of their windows would pay almost no attention to two albino twins with dreadlocks and trench coats. One parked the car outside the apartment building; he and Two stepped out the car and made their way to the door. Suddenly Two froze. One looked over his shoulder to see that Two had a petrified expression on his face and was staring down at his leg. One followed Two's line of sight and what he saw made him smirk.
A large tabby cat, who seemed to find albino assassins indistinguishable from your everyday estate resident, was playfully rubbing against Two's leg.
"Get a move on will you" One sniggered.
"I-I-I can't" Two stammered
"Pardon"
I'm allergic to-t-t-ACHOO!" Two let rip an enormous sneeze which startled the tabby for a few seconds until it began rubbing again. Two tried to move away from the cat but it kept following him wherever he went, making loud mewing noises all the time.
One looked up from his brother's predicament and his gaze fell on an old lady, half running, and half hobbling across the road towards them.
"Oh Paddy!" She cried as she neared the cat. "Oh Paddy my darling how I've missed you!"
One looked at Two, an expression of horror on his face. The old lady bent down to pick up 'Paddy' and began to coo softly in his ear.
"I can't thank you two enough for finding him" she said to the twins "He's been missing for over two days now and I was getting very worried. I tell you what, come inside and have a cup of tea, it's the least I can do to thank you."
"Actually we need to be going" replied Two
"That's a pity, another time perhaps?" she glanced across at the apartment building behind them and muttered to herself.
"Strange girl that Miss Croft. Very strange she was indeed."
"Excuse me?" said One suddenly.
"Miss Croft" the old lady repeated "She was a strange girl"
"Why?" asked Two
"Never wanted to mix, she didn't. She would often go out in the mornings and not return till late at night. Never told anyone where she went, no one paid much attention to her anyway."
"You knew her then?" asked Two
"Yes, well let us just say that I knew of her. Never said much to her, and she the same with me. I think she preferred living alone. Sad really, poor girl. Only this afternoon she left me this." She opened her handbag and took out a small note with scrawled handwriting on, as though it had been written in a hurry.
"What does it say??"
"She just came round about an hour ago, gave me this and told me to keep it secret until she got back. It says "Gone to airport. Catching the 7 pm flight to Paris. Don't tell anyone from Miss E Croft."
One glanced at his twin and found they were both thinking the same thing. They turned and ran back to the car.
"Where are you going?" The old lady shouted after them.
"We have some business we need to take care of" called One "Just count yourself lucky."
"Why?" she sounded puzzled.
"Count your lucky stars that you are not a security guard!" One put his foot down on the pedal and the tyres screeched as he reversed out of the driveway and shot off down the road.
The old lady just shrugged and made her way back to her house. "Strange people we see these days, don't we Paddy? Strange people indeed."
On the motorway One decided that it would be best to tell Two everything that Estelle had said.
"Just what exactly are you proposing to do?" Two said to his twin. "Are you saying that what ever we do, we're going to be destroyed?"
"Not if I have anything to do with it." Replied One.
"But you just said that she said that if we kill her, the Merovingian will be found and we'll be destroyed and if we don't kill her then he will delete us for good."
"She said that but she took those papers with her."
"Is that why you didn't go into the apartment?"
"Yes"
"But how do you know she took them with her?"
"There is a system based in Paris which hunts down major criminals and it is always successful. Use your common sense, Two. Why else would she have gone to Paris?"
"Apart from the fact that it is the city of romance, nothing."
"Exactly. She certainly won't be looking for romance so she has no need to go there so quickly for anything else."
Two suddenly frowned. "And how would you like us to follow her?"
"Easy, we take the 7pm flight to Paris."
"Easy?" sneered Two "Easy? We haven't got a ticket so there is no way we can board that plane."
"Just you leave the thinking to me, Two and you can concentrate on making sure you have that blade sharpened and safe at all times!"
Chapter 11~ The Note
Hertside Road was a very peaceful and tranquil neck of the woods and at the moment everyone was inside their houses on the estate watching the afternoon football. So peaceful perhaps, that someone looking out of their windows would pay almost no attention to two albino twins with dreadlocks and trench coats. One parked the car outside the apartment building; he and Two stepped out the car and made their way to the door. Suddenly Two froze. One looked over his shoulder to see that Two had a petrified expression on his face and was staring down at his leg. One followed Two's line of sight and what he saw made him smirk.
A large tabby cat, who seemed to find albino assassins indistinguishable from your everyday estate resident, was playfully rubbing against Two's leg.
"Get a move on will you" One sniggered.
"I-I-I can't" Two stammered
"Pardon"
I'm allergic to-t-t-ACHOO!" Two let rip an enormous sneeze which startled the tabby for a few seconds until it began rubbing again. Two tried to move away from the cat but it kept following him wherever he went, making loud mewing noises all the time.
One looked up from his brother's predicament and his gaze fell on an old lady, half running, and half hobbling across the road towards them.
"Oh Paddy!" She cried as she neared the cat. "Oh Paddy my darling how I've missed you!"
One looked at Two, an expression of horror on his face. The old lady bent down to pick up 'Paddy' and began to coo softly in his ear.
"I can't thank you two enough for finding him" she said to the twins "He's been missing for over two days now and I was getting very worried. I tell you what, come inside and have a cup of tea, it's the least I can do to thank you."
"Actually we need to be going" replied Two
"That's a pity, another time perhaps?" she glanced across at the apartment building behind them and muttered to herself.
"Strange girl that Miss Croft. Very strange she was indeed."
"Excuse me?" said One suddenly.
"Miss Croft" the old lady repeated "She was a strange girl"
"Why?" asked Two
"Never wanted to mix, she didn't. She would often go out in the mornings and not return till late at night. Never told anyone where she went, no one paid much attention to her anyway."
"You knew her then?" asked Two
"Yes, well let us just say that I knew of her. Never said much to her, and she the same with me. I think she preferred living alone. Sad really, poor girl. Only this afternoon she left me this." She opened her handbag and took out a small note with scrawled handwriting on, as though it had been written in a hurry.
"What does it say??"
"She just came round about an hour ago, gave me this and told me to keep it secret until she got back. It says "Gone to airport. Catching the 7 pm flight to Paris. Don't tell anyone from Miss E Croft."
One glanced at his twin and found they were both thinking the same thing. They turned and ran back to the car.
"Where are you going?" The old lady shouted after them.
"We have some business we need to take care of" called One "Just count yourself lucky."
"Why?" she sounded puzzled.
"Count your lucky stars that you are not a security guard!" One put his foot down on the pedal and the tyres screeched as he reversed out of the driveway and shot off down the road.
The old lady just shrugged and made her way back to her house. "Strange people we see these days, don't we Paddy? Strange people indeed."
On the motorway One decided that it would be best to tell Two everything that Estelle had said.
"Just what exactly are you proposing to do?" Two said to his twin. "Are you saying that what ever we do, we're going to be destroyed?"
"Not if I have anything to do with it." Replied One.
"But you just said that she said that if we kill her, the Merovingian will be found and we'll be destroyed and if we don't kill her then he will delete us for good."
"She said that but she took those papers with her."
"Is that why you didn't go into the apartment?"
"Yes"
"But how do you know she took them with her?"
"There is a system based in Paris which hunts down major criminals and it is always successful. Use your common sense, Two. Why else would she have gone to Paris?"
"Apart from the fact that it is the city of romance, nothing."
"Exactly. She certainly won't be looking for romance so she has no need to go there so quickly for anything else."
Two suddenly frowned. "And how would you like us to follow her?"
"Easy, we take the 7pm flight to Paris."
"Easy?" sneered Two "Easy? We haven't got a ticket so there is no way we can board that plane."
"Just you leave the thinking to me, Two and you can concentrate on making sure you have that blade sharpened and safe at all times!"